Protecting Olympic Participants from Covid-19 — The Urgent Need for a Risk-Management Approach

Plans to protect participants and the public from Covid-19 during the Olympics aren’t built on rigorous risk assessment. They fail to consider the ways in which exposure occurs, the factors that contribute to exposure, and which participants may be at highest risk.

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Veröffentlicht in:	The New England journal of medicine 2021-07, Vol.385 (1), p.e2
Hauptverfasser:	Sparrow, Annie K, Brosseau, Lisa M, Harrison, Robert J, Osterholm, Michael T
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Asymptomatic Athletes Communicable Disease Control - methods Communicable Disease Control - standards Contact tracing Coronavirus Coronaviruses COVID-19 COVID-19 - prevention & control COVID-19 - transmission COVID-19 vaccines Disease transmission Disease Transmission, Infectious - prevention & control Epidemics Global Health Health Policy Hotels & motels Humans Immunization Infectious Disease International Agencies Internationality Olympic games Pandemics Paralympic Games Public Health Risk Assessment Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 Sports Tokyo Tournaments & championships Vaccines Ventilation Viral Infections World Health Organization
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Zusammenfassung:	Plans to protect participants and the public from Covid-19 during the Olympics aren’t built on rigorous risk assessment. They fail to consider the ways in which exposure occurs, the factors that contribute to exposure, and which participants may be at highest risk.
ISSN:	0028-4793 1533-4406
DOI:	10.1056/NEJMp2108567